User:Torsten Kathke

The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.

Having completed his secondary education (German "Abitur") in 1999, Torsten Kathke began studying American Cultural History, American Literary History, and Drama at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, in the fall of 2001.

He worked as a teaching assistant at the LMU's Amerika-Institut and served as a student representative during the course of his studies.

Since completing his M.A. with a thesis on the creationism/evolution controversy in the American "culture wars" in the summer of 2006, he has been a Ph.D. candidate at LMU. His current studies focus on perceptions of nationality and democracy in 19th century America.